Venu Thottempudi | |
|---|---|
 Thottempudi in 2011 | |
| Born | 4 June 1968 [1] |
| Other names | Venu |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, businessman |
| Years active | 1999 – 2013 2022 - present |
| Spouse | Anupama Choudary [2] |
Venu Thottempudi (born 4 June 1968) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in several successful Telugu films as a lead actor from 1999 to the early 2000s.
After finishing his engineering from Dharwad Engineering College, Venu started pursuing acting as his career. For his first acting job, he was cast as the main lead in a movie directed by Bharathiraja. After a brief period of shooting, the movie was stalled and later cancelled due to production problems. To promote Venu, his friend Venkata Shyamprasad formed S. P. Entertainments. Under this banner, in 1999 Venu started his career with the movie Swayamvaram , directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar. Co-starring Laya, the movie was very successful at the box-office and Venu won a Nandi Special Jury Award for the movie. Venu became well known for his dialogue delivery, timing, expressions and clear portrayal of emotions.[ citation needed ] In 2000 after the unsuccessful Manasu Paddanu Kaani , Venu won at the box office once again with Chirunavvutho . G. Ramprasad, who earlier worked with B. Gopal as an assistant director, was roped in as the director for this movie. This movie co-starring Shaheen Khan was produced once again by S. P. Entertainments. Chiru Navvutho became one of the most successful Telugu movie in the year 2000 and received acclaim for Trivikram Srinivas's writing and Venu's performance as a chef whose marriage gets cancelled due to elopement of the bride.
After a couple of successful films, Venu received several offers.[ citation needed ] Later he appeared in some unsuccessful films like Durga (2000), [3] Veedekkadi Mogudandi? (2001), [4] Priya Nestama (2002), [5] Malli Malli Choodali (2003), [6] Pellamtho Panenti (2003), [7] Cheppave Chirugali (2004) [8] and Illalu Priyuralu (2006). He later bounced back with a couple of hits like Hanuman Junction (2001), [9] Kalyana Ramudu (2003), [10] Pellam Oorelithe (2003), [11] Kushi Kushiga (2004), [12] and Sri Krishna 2006 (2006). [13] His next releases were Sadaa Mee Sevalo (2005) directed by Neelakanta, [14] Bahumati directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy [15] and Allare Allari directed by Muppalaneni Siva. [16]
In 2007, his movie Yamagola Malli Modalayindi co-starring Srikanth, Meera Jasmine and Reemma Sen was released. This movie was successful at the box-office. [17] In 2008, he was seen in Deepavali and a small yet vital role in the movie Chintakayala Ravi starring Venkatesh. [18] In 2009 he was seen in Gopi Gopika Godavari directed by Vamsy and co-starring Kamalinee Mukherjee. [19] In 2011, Venu was seen in Dileep Polan's Mayagadu opposite Charmy Kaur. [20] Venu was also seen in N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s movie Dammu , directed by Boyapati Srinu. [21] His next release was titled Ramachari and directed by Eshawar. He is paired with Kamalinee Mukherjee in this movie. [22] Venu subsequently took a break from films and campaigned for his brother-in-law in Khammam. [23] After nine years Venu was seen in Ravi Teja's movie Ramarao on Duty , directed by Sarath Mandava. [24]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Swayamvaram | Venu | |
| 2000 | Manasu Paddanu Kaani | Venu | |
| Chirunavvutho | Venu | ||
| Durga | Pratap | ||
| Pottu Amman | Tamil film | ||
| 2001 | Hanuman Junction | Sathru | |
| Veedekkadi Mogudandi? | Sriram | ||
| 2002 | Priya Nestama | Surya | |
| 2003 | Malli Malli Choodali | Venu | |
| Kalyana Ramudu | Kalyana Ramudu | ||
| Pellam Oorelithe | Subbu | ||
| Pellamtho Panenti | Madhu | ||
| 2004 | Kushi Kushiga | Sree Kumar | |
| Cheppave Chirugali | Venu | ||
| 2005 | Sadaa Mee Sevalo | Tilak | |
| 2006 | Illalu Priyuralu | Venu | |
| Sri Krishna 2006 | Venkateshwarlu | ||
| 2007 | Bahumati | Venkata Ramana | |
| Allare Allari | Anand | ||
| Yamagola Malli Modalayindi | Jr. Chitragupta | ||
| 2008 | Deepavali | Venu | |
| Chintakayala Ravi | Srikanth | ||
| 2009 | Gopi Gopika Godavari | Gopi | |
| 2011 | Mayagadu | Leela Krishna | |
| 2012 | Dammu | Rama Chandra's brother in law | |
| 2013 | Ramachari | Ramachari | |
| 2022 | Ramarao on Duty | CI Jammi Murali | [24] |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Athidhi | Ravi | Disney+ Hotstar | [25] |
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Nandi Awards | Special Jury Award for Best Performance in Debut film | Swayamvaram | Won | [26] |
Yamagola Malli Modalayindi is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language socio-fantasy film directed by Srinivasa Reddy. Srikanth, Venu Thottempudi, Meera Jasmine and Reema Sen play the lead roles. The film was a box office success. Srinivasa Reddy, Srikanth and Meera Jasmine collaborated again for A Aa E Ee (2009).
Dubai Seenu is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla. Produced by D. V. V. Danayya, the film stars Ravi Teja and Nayanthara. It has music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was a Super hit at the box office
Bahumati is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy under R.R Movie Makers. The film stars Venu Thottempudi, Sangeetha and Shabana Khan. The movie was based on It Could Happen To You (1994) starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda.
Chintakayala Ravi is a 2008 Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by Nallamalupu Bujji and directed by Yogi. The cross over cinema, starring Venkatesh, and Anushka Shetty in lead roles, while Mamta Mohandas and Venu Thottempudi in a supporting roles, with songs composed by Vishal–Shekhar and background score composed by Mani Sharma.
Ponniyin Selvan is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Radha Mohan. Produced by A. M. Ratnam, it stars his son Ravi Krishna, along with Gopika and Revathi, while Vidyasagar had composed the music for the film. The film is unrelated to the same-titled novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy. It was released in Telugu as Muddula Koduku and additionally featured Uttej and Venu Madhav replacing the Tamil actors Elango Kumaravel and Mayilsamy, respectively.
Gamyam (transl. Destination) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language road film written and directed by Krish. The film stars Allari Naresh, Sharwanand, and Kamalinee Mukherjee.
Malli Malli Choodali is a 2002 Indian Telugu film written and directed by Pawans Sreedhar, starring Venu Thottempudi and Janani, in lead and Vizag Prasad, 'Costumes' Krishna, Sobha Rani, Ali and Brahmanandam among others in supporting roles. The film released on 28 March 2002 and proved to be very unsuccessful at the box-office
Gopi Gopika Godavari is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language film was released on 10 July 2009. The film, starring Venu Thottempudi, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Krishna Bhagavan and Sana, was directed by Vamsy.
Nirmalamma was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She appeared in more than 1000 films and was well known for her grandmother roles in several films. She won two Nandi Awards.
Pratani Ramakrishna Goud, also known as R.K. Goud, is a well known Telugu film producer, director, screen play writer and distributor. He also acted in few movies like Jodi No 1.
Cheppave Chirugali is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Venu Thottempudi, Abhirami and Ashima Bhalla. It is the Telugu remake of his own 2002 Tamil film Unnai Ninaithu with Ramji and Pandu reprising their roles and Ramesh Khanna in a different role. It was produced by Venkata Shyam Prasad under SP Entertainments.
Seetayya is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary and written by Posani Krishna Murali. It stars late Nandamuri Harikrishna son of late Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao as lead actor and late Soundarya, Simran as co-stars. Music for the movie was well received and composed by M.M. Keeravani.
James Bond is a 2015 Telugu language action comedy film written and directed by Sai Kishore Macha and produced by Anil Sunkara under the banner A.K.Entertainments. It features Allari Naresh and Sakshi Chaudhary in the lead roles while Ashish Vidyarthi, Raghu Babu and Krishna Bhagavan appear in supporting roles. The movie is loosely based on the Korean movie My Wife Is a Gangster.
Ravi Teja is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his roles in action comedy films. He is one of the highest-paid actors in the Telugu film industry. He has won three state Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award South. He is popularly known by the moniker "Mass Maharaja".
Pellam Oorelithe is 2003 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy starring Srikanth, Venu Thottempudi, Sangeeta, and Rakshita. The film is a remake of Tamil film Charlie Chaplin (2002).
Pellamtho Panenti is a 2003 Telugu drama film directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. This film stars Venu, Laya, and Kalyani.
Siva Shankar is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action drama film starring Mohan Babu and Soundarya. The film is directed by Kapuganti Rajendra, who previously worked under Dasari Narayana Rao and Soundarya's last film in Telugu. Shiva Shankar is inspired by the 2002 Hollywood film Road to Perdition. The film is presented by Mohan Babu's son Manchu Vishnu. This is the last film for Soundarya in Telugu, released after her death.
Ramachari – Eedo Pedda Goodachari is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Eshwar. A remake of C.I.D. Moosa, the film stars Venu Thottempudi and Kamalinee Mukherjee. The film was released on 17 May 2013. After the failure of this film, Venu Thottempudi took a break from acting.